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Leaves of Grass

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most famous poem from Leaves of Grass. It is composed of vignettes.

a)

I Hear America Singing

b)

Song of Myself

c)

On the Beach at Night Alone

d)

America

2.

More abundant

a)

Breadth

b)

Ampler

c)

Repel

d)

Slough

3.

Whitman spent his early years working as a printer and as a _____________.

a)

teacher

b)

journalist

c)

mechanic

d)

shoemaker

4.

In "I Hear America Singing" what is Whitman acknowledging?

a)

The celebration of the death of an "old self"

b)

That everything, living or not, is connected

c)

A wide array of American workers

d)

The great outdoors

5.

A ___________ is often an ordinary object, event, person, or animal to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance.

a)

Consonant

b)

Symbol

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Pun

6.

What is the theme of "On the Beach at Night Alone"?

a)

Everything is connected

b)

Children are the future

c)

America is made of many nations

d)

A celebration of the "self"

7.

What is "free writing"?

a)

A technique in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling or grammar

b)

A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.

c)

An article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.

d)

The use of vowel sounds within words near each other in a sentence

8.

In Whitman's definition ________ does not repel the past or what it has produced. It accepts the lessons of the past with calmness.

a)

A citizen

b)

The Universe

c)

Europe

d)

America

9.

A story in which characters, settings and actions stand for something beyond themselves.

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Anaphora

d)

Allegory

10.

In "I Hear America Singing" Whitman mentions all of the following professionals except the....

a)

Carpenter

b)

Woodcutter

c)

Realtor

d)

Shoe-maker

11.

Lack of metrical regularity and conventional rhyme

a)

Lyric

b)

Free Verse

c)

Haiku

d)

Rhyme Scheme